Hello Much comment in the media recently about spectacular autumn colours - here are a couple of examples of the moth world's own tiny contribution to the...
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rh_chelt
Nov 1, 2009 11:20 am
Hello A short sheet and light session on Cleeve Hill on Wednesday produced 7 species including Silver Y and Dark Sword-grass, whereas Thursday and Friday at...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 1, 2009 12:16 pm
... Hi Pedro - I'm here also now. Arrived home from Rome last night having had a cracking time, very relaxing having had unbroken sunshine and visited almost...
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Bob Smith
bob.test
Nov 1, 2009 4:03 pm
Peter & Pedro I was fairly certain I had heard about starlings being a problem in Rome so I googled and sure enough there are lots of references but in among...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 1, 2009 4:26 pm
Dear Bob Wow! That would be a serious challenge for your weekly GMS. One link said that Australia was home to 22,000 species of moths. That'd keep Waring &...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 1, 2009 4:44 pm
Thanks Bob, we can always rely on you to come up with some hidden gem. Thank goodness the moths don't excrete as much as starlings - you should have seen the...
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Joff
joff.elphick
Nov 1, 2009 8:36 pm
Hi everyone. Just a reminder that this saturday is the Butterfly Conservation Gloucestershire Branch AGM at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust HQ, Robinswood Hill,...
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Joff
joff.elphick
Nov 1, 2009 9:05 pm
As you can see from the new picture its that time of year again so get out your traps and locate them under any convenient filed maple in your area. Cross your...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 1, 2009 10:16 pm
Dear All It's not often that people will think a photo of a Large Yellow Underwing is worth posting - but have a look at the first two photos in the Lower...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 1, 2009 10:38 pm
Dear Joff How does the photo competition work? Any rules or specifications? Thanks Pedro...
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Joff
joff.elphick
Nov 2, 2009 8:21 am
Hi pedro, I'm not a representative of BC but it seems to me there are no rules; it's just for fun. Any size photo-I think you can enter several. Moth or...
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Bob Smith
bob.test
Nov 2, 2009 11:55 am
Joff, Pedro & other photographers From Antennae "Please bring along your entries for the annual photography competition which is free and open to all members...
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guymere
Nov 2, 2009 5:48 pm
I've just received confirmation from Tymo Muus in the Netherlands of the identity of a specimen of which I had posted photos initially to the ukmicromoths...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 2, 2009 8:42 pm
Many thanks Bob (must read Antennae more closely...) P...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 3, 2009 12:53 am
Wow! That's another fantastic record, Guy. Well done that man. What's special about this (or any) species that it exists (for decades) in such a small area in...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 3, 2009 1:44 am
Dear All Some more new shots from earlier in the summer added to the albums. Lower Woods - Double Kidney and Poplar Kitten. And to 'Out of County', I've added...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 3, 2009 12:45 pm
Ahh yes - I remember it well! (sung to the appropriate music!) Peter H...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 3, 2009 12:58 pm
Dear Guy, Thanks for continuing the search for Plumed Prominent. Still only three known sites in Glos. It's a strange species as after a while you think you've...
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g.best@...
g.best...
Nov 5, 2009 8:23 pm
For us in the deep south and those who haven't been there before some supplementary directions as to where the AGM is would be useful as well as the address...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 5, 2009 8:56 pm
Dear George I've not been there before - but it looks straightforward enough: coming into Gloucester from the south on the A38, turn right (ie stay on the A38)...
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Bob Smith
bob.test
Nov 8, 2009 11:15 am
I have added a photo to my album that I believe to be 284 Caloptilia rufipennella. The hind wings are very dark grey and very feathery which together with the...
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Peter
peter.cranswick
Nov 8, 2009 2:02 pm
Dear Bob It looks good to me. UKMoths and Norfolk Moths both say that the white band midway along the otherwise dark brown central section of the forelegs is...
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Joff
joff.elphick
Nov 8, 2009 8:40 pm
It was good to see those of you who attended the meeting on saturday. Sadly it all went far too quickly. I barely spoke to any of you properly, cetainly not as...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 8, 2009 8:58 pm
A very good resume Joff. It's good to meet up and put faces to the names. Actually I drugged Pedro so I don't think he realised what he was agreeing to. Next...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 10, 2009 12:02 am
Plumed Prominents are now on the wing and a trip is planned for next Saturday, 14th to see this moth. (See calendar for full details). Unfortunately, the...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 12, 2009 8:55 pm
Am keeping options open for Saturday's trip. My latest info is that 60 - 70 mph winds MAY hit the county Saturday morning, causing branches and even trees to...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 14, 2009 8:32 am
Tonight's trip is going ahead as this morning's stomy winds are expected to ease later. I'll be dodging between Lineover and Withington mid afternoon so please...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 15, 2009 11:44 am
......but not for the reasons we would have hoped! The record was broken because for the first time ever, we failed to see a single Plumed Prominent. Eight of...
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guymere
Nov 15, 2009 1:43 pm
Two additional species - I netted a Plutella xylostella and an Acleris sparsana at Withington (plus one of the A. notana/ferrugana). I'll probably try...
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Peter
mothrecording
Nov 15, 2009 2:44 pm
Thanks Guy, I'll add these to the list. I've just received the list for Lineover from Dave Grundy, which I'll forward to you. Peter H...
